It is certainly problematic that even with the pass, day 1 5☆ through crystals, and focusing on pushing the episode tiers for currency i am only level 19. And yet the top tier is level 55. It's beyond targeting for spenders. I can't even do the second tier vs level 25s. It is objectively malaigned to the player base and should be adjusted. If F2P is generally at Level 11 for the Marquee it should easily be Level 10 for first tier, and 20 for the second. Which would still be difficult, but there is a semblance of opportunity with decent RNG.